• atrielienz@lemmy.world
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    43 minutes ago

    I don’t know who still needs to hear this, so I’m going to say it again for the people in the back.

    Assume every form of communication you have is being spied on.

    If you’re using an app like signal or similar, make sure you and everyone else in the chat has encryption enabled.

    Verify the other users in the chat.

    Do not plan any activity that could be considered a criminal enterprise on an electronic device with a connection to the internet.

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      8 minutes ago

      If you’re using an app like signal or similar, make sure you and everyone else in the chat has encryption enabled.

      PSA: There’s no way to disable encryption in Signal.

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        That’s why I said an app like signal. People assume that every app works the same. Telegram had issues with encryption where all parties didn’t have encryption enabled but one or more of the parties involved assumed the chat was still encrypted.

        However I should probably change that to read more along the lines of: know the features and settings of your app and ensure that encryption settings are set to maximize the protection of privacy.

        I’m gonna have to workshop that. It’s a mouthful.

        Either way, thank you for pointing that out.